PSC wins two at Rivier

Apr 07, 2002

NASHUA, N.H. - Plymouth State College picked up
a pair of non-conference baseball victories Sunday, defeating
Rivier College 16-4 and 12-4. The outcome improves PSC's record
this season to 6-11 overall.

PSC scored five runs in the first inning of the opener and never
looked back. The Panthers finished the first game with 16 runs on
23 hits, including back-to-back second inning home runs by juniors
Scott Hodsdon (Somersworth, N.H.) and Matt
Price (Epping, N.H.). Hodsdon ended up with a
school-record tying five hits and three RBI, and Price finished
with two hits and three runs knocked in. Three-hit efforts were
turned in by freshman Derek Guimond (Lewiston, Maine), senior
Jon Albertini (Franklin, Mass.) and juniors
Robbie Burr (Concord, N.H.) and Sy
Tebbetts (Hollis, N.H.).

Junior Jon Rich (Londonderry, N.H.) worked all
seven innings of the opener to pick up his first win of the season
(1-1), allowing six hits and a walk while striking out seven. The
Panthers needed only nine hits in the nightcap as they took
advantage of 11 walks. Price had an RBI double and a two-run home
run, his third of the season, while Burr clouted his fourth homer
of the spring. Junior Jay Zinis (Manchester,
N.H./West) went 3-for-5 with a pair of triples.

Freshman Dan Dixon (Limington, Maine) pitched
the first five innings for PSC, allowing two runs and three hits to
register his first career victory. Classmate Corey
Wentworth (Freeport, Maine) came on to work the final two
innings.

PSC returns to Little East Conference action Tuesday with a key
match-up at arch-rival Keene State (3:00 p.m.). The Panthers then
return home to host New England College Wednesday in a
non-conference twinbill (2:00 p.m.).